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Location: 36 South Charles Street, 18th floor , Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States flags/United States.gif
Founded in: 2000
Stage: Revenue generating
Number of employees: 6-15
Completed funding: Self-Funded
Profitable year: already profitable
Short URL: http://vator.tv/c/606
Profile creation: March 30, 2008
Last updated: April 01, 2008

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NewsFutures Prediction Market

NewsFutures
Startup/business
flags/United States.gif Maryland, United States
http://us.newsfutures.com

NewsFutures is a leading prediction market, where you can buy and sell predictions about elections, current events, sports, finance, and entertainement. The currency is virtual, but the prizes are real. Established in 2000, the NewsFutures prediction market is home to the most experienced and competitive crowd of prediction traders in the world. The accuracy of it's predictions has been documented in academic research and praised by James Surowiecki in his best-selling book "The Wisdom of Crowds". There is no better place to measure your news-forecasting skills, or to get the latest objective probability estimates for various future outcomes.
 

Business model

Advertising

Data/content syndication

Sponsored market research

 

 

Competitive advantage

- The world's most experienced panel of prediction traders;

- Management's long experience and thought leadership in this new industry;

- Established brand;

- Robust, tested prediction market platform;

 

 

 

Management Bio

See here.
 

IP and defensibility

- Pending patent on multi-outcome prediction trading engine.

- Established base of prediction traders. 

 

US traffic of NewsFutures Prediction Market

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Worldwide traffic of NewsFutures Prediction Market

Worldwide traffic for the website us.newsfutures.com

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